Proverbs 8:8
All the words of my mouth are in uprightness; There is nothing crooked or deceitful in them;
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.
In Context
7For my mouth speaketh truth, And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
9They are all plain to the man of understanding, And right to those who find knowledge.
Cross References
Psalms 12:6The words of the LORD are pure; Like silver purified in a furnace on the earth, Seven times refined.
Proverbs 8:13The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and the evil way, And the deceitful mouth, do I hate.
Isaiah 45:23By myself have I sworn, The truth hath gone from my mouth, The word, that shall not return, That to me every knee shall bow, That to me every tongue shall swear.
John 7:46The officers answered, Never man spoke like this man.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 8:2-12
The Invitation of Wisdom. 1 Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice? 2 She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths. 3 She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors. 4 Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man. 5 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart. 6 Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things. 7 For my mouth shall… Read the whole commentary →